Pedro Almodóvar

Director · Born 25 September 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain · 41 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

None of Pedro Almodóvar’s 21 titles are streaming in Sweden right now.

Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (born September 25, 1949) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.

Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular songs, irreverent humor, strong colors, glossy décor and LGBT themes. Desire, passion, family and identity are among Almodóvar’s most prevalent themes. His films enjoy a worldwide following and he has become a major figure on the stage of world cinema.

He founded Spanish film production company El Deseo S.A. with his younger brother Agustín Almodóvar who has produced almost all of Pedro’s films. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001.

Acting

• What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)

Directing

• Parallel Mothers (2021)
• The Skin I Live In (2011)
• The Room Next Door (2024)
• All About My Mother (1999)
• Pain and Glory (2019)
• Volver (2006)
• Bad Education (2004)
• Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
• Live Flesh (1997)
• Talk to Her (2002)
• Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)
• Law of Desire (1987)

Writing

• Parallel Mothers (2021)
• The Skin I Live In (2011)
• The Room Next Door (2024)
• All About My Mother (1999)
• Pain and Glory (2019)
• Volver (2006)
• Bad Education (2004)
• Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
• Live Flesh (1997)
• Talk to Her (2002)
• Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)
• Law of Desire (1987)

Producing

• Wild Tales (2014)
• Sirāt (2025)
• Bad Education (2004)
• El Angel (2018)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• Broken Embraces (2009)
• I'm So Excited! (2013)
• High Heels (1991)
• Strange Way of Life (2023)
• Matador (1986)
• Mutant Action (1993)
• Pepi, Luci, Bom (1980)
• Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)
• Labyrinth of Passion (1982)
• The Headless Woman (2008)
• Bitter Christmas (2026)
• Rapture (1980)